Happy 50th Birthday Dad!
This past Sunday we had the absolute privledge of throwing my dad a fantastic 50th birthday party!
Court and I knew it was going to be important and we really wanted his close friends and family there, so we sent out Save the Date Notices and everything! I was definately proud of us for being so organized!
One of my dad's favorite places to eat is Joe T. Garcia's in downtown Fort Worth. So we were able to book the Villa, which is a small villa in the patio area. It's like we had our own house! So much fun!
We got the cake from dad's favorite baker Barbara's Cakes.
We had fun, yet tasteful decorations.
We put together a great tribue video for him. We were even able to get his 2 best friends who couldn't be there because they live overseas to send in videos. Definately a highlight!
I scanned in over 150 pictures from his entire life to be played in the background.
We had a time where everyone could stand up and say something about how my dad has impacted their lives. It was so precious and many, many tears were shed.
Then we prayed over my dad and it was really powerful and full of life!
Then came the most amazing present!
All who were in attendance, plus the Church chipped in and we were able to get them an amazing vacation. They were already leading a tour in Israel, so we changed around their already purchased Israel tickets.
Now they are still leading the tour in Israel, once that is over they have a few days to spend in Israel by themselves. Then they are flying to Cyprus to spend time with their best friends, Norm and Lynn Frederick. Then after that they are getting on a plane to Rome, where they will board a cruise ship for a TEN DAY CRUISE AROUND THE GREEK ISLANDS! They even have a balcony room! Then they get back and have one extra day in Rome to sightsee and then are coming home. All in all, they will be gone almost an entire month!
I was so excited about this, I was hardly able to keep it a secret, but it blessed them beyond belief!
I've never seen my dad that happy and full of life. He really needed that night, and I was so happy that I was a part of providing him a wonderful 50th birthday!!
So here are the pictures, there are a lot of them!
Brad Shull took these pictures and put them in a slideshow!
Enjoy!
Court and I knew it was going to be important and we really wanted his close friends and family there, so we sent out Save the Date Notices and everything! I was definately proud of us for being so organized!
One of my dad's favorite places to eat is Joe T. Garcia's in downtown Fort Worth. So we were able to book the Villa, which is a small villa in the patio area. It's like we had our own house! So much fun!
We got the cake from dad's favorite baker Barbara's Cakes.
We had fun, yet tasteful decorations.
We put together a great tribue video for him. We were even able to get his 2 best friends who couldn't be there because they live overseas to send in videos. Definately a highlight!
I scanned in over 150 pictures from his entire life to be played in the background.
We had a time where everyone could stand up and say something about how my dad has impacted their lives. It was so precious and many, many tears were shed.
Then we prayed over my dad and it was really powerful and full of life!
Then came the most amazing present!
All who were in attendance, plus the Church chipped in and we were able to get them an amazing vacation. They were already leading a tour in Israel, so we changed around their already purchased Israel tickets.
Now they are still leading the tour in Israel, once that is over they have a few days to spend in Israel by themselves. Then they are flying to Cyprus to spend time with their best friends, Norm and Lynn Frederick. Then after that they are getting on a plane to Rome, where they will board a cruise ship for a TEN DAY CRUISE AROUND THE GREEK ISLANDS! They even have a balcony room! Then they get back and have one extra day in Rome to sightsee and then are coming home. All in all, they will be gone almost an entire month!
I was so excited about this, I was hardly able to keep it a secret, but it blessed them beyond belief!
I've never seen my dad that happy and full of life. He really needed that night, and I was so happy that I was a part of providing him a wonderful 50th birthday!!
So here are the pictures, there are a lot of them!
Brad Shull took these pictures and put them in a slideshow!
Enjoy!
Thank you so much to everyone who was able to attend and also those who weren't but still gave! That was such a blessing! Also special thanks to Ryan and Tiff who helped pay for the party. And of course, thanks again for Brad Shull (www.shullphotography.com) for capturing the night for us! And my dad's friends and SGC for getting him the best gift ever!
It was an awesome party and I'm so happy it went perfectly!!!
posted by Des at
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
3 Comments:
oh my goodness that one of your mom is AMAZING when she heard about the cruise...and of course the candid of ry and i , i love..we never hae candids! that was such an amazing night i am so blessed to have been a part of it! - tiffani
I love that I was there and got to express to Gary what an awesome man of God he is.
Love jodie
OMGosh!!!!! I saw the pics a couple of days ago on the slideshow and saw your mom's face crying with joy and I emailed her to find out what that was all about and haven't heard back yet..... I got tears in my eyes when I just read this! Des... you & your siblings & all your family are totally awesome! I'm thrilled for Jer & Gary... just thrilled! Yay!! Exciting changes are coming!
Melanie
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